#leah|interaction.

“being around you for more than five minutes is impossible! do you have to be so difficult all of the time?” it isn’t like leah to have a temper however they brought out the worst in her. they always had. even now that their friends were getting married to one another, she didn’t see that changing. “if we can’t get through the engagement party, how are we going to manage a wedding?”

“i don’t think i’ve ever been as attracted to you as what i am right now.” that probably isn’t entirely true considering leah does the head-over-heels thing pretty often but they definitely had her hooked right now. she let out a bit of a breathless, excitable laugh. “if we weren’t in a room full of people right now...” she trailed off, shaking her head, “i mean... i suppose we could find somewhere to go...?”

one night stands had never much been leah’s thing. she was a little too susceptible to getting attached. however, she figured for one night she could just decide not to be herself. she could be someone else. so that’s what she did. she made herself a whole fake persona and took a stranger home. only to bump into them the week later and do the same thing. now she’d lost track of how much time they’d spent together — in and outside of the bedroom, since they’d come to start hanging out. that only made it harder to keep up with her lies; like why she couldn’t see them next weekend. “did i say i had a family thing? that’s totally what i meant. not a work thing,” she muttered with a shake of her head, “i guess my brain is just a little scrambled right now. this whole uh... model thing isn’t quite what it’s made out to be.” 

“wow, can you believe it?” leah couldn’t hide her surprise; a little breathless sounding as she looked at the ring on her best friend’s finger. she hoped the smile on her lips didn’t look as fake as it felt. her cheeks ached with the desire to relax but she knew that the second she did that her whole face would crumple and show her despair. “you must be so happy.”

"who did you piss off this time?"

“it’s four in the morning... where have you been?” her voice is tentative and it wavers just slightly. leah isn’t entirely sure she wants to know the answer to her own question.

subtly trying to play matchmaker hadn’t been doing leah many favours, much to her chagrin. now she was resorting to desperate measures. being unsubtle. she cornered them at the end of their shift, determination in her eyes. “ —look. sam is great. really great. i just think if you gave her a chance, you’d like her. she loves you. she’d also kill me for saying that... so maybe don’t mention it... but what if you just ask her out? go for drinks or something? super casual! it would make her day. make her year maybe. what do you think?” 

it takes everything in leah’s body to duck away from the kiss they shared seconds before, a heated flush colouring her cheeks. “i don’t think i can do this anymore, it’s not healthy. if we’re broken up then we need to be just that  — broken up.”